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The Sewer King is a villain originally created by Tom Ruegger as a minor foe for Batman. He is a staff-carrying, sewer-dwelling villain with an army of runaway children he uses as pick-pockets.
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Trivia
- The Sewer King shares his name with a character from the animated series Hey Arnold, though the latter debuted after his first appearance.
- After Batman captures the Sewer King in "The Underdwellers", he comments that he was tempted to deal with the Sewer King himself for what he did to the children.
- Sewer King's eccentric garb suggests a pirate--specifically Captain Hook, and his squad of lost children suggest Peter Pan's Lost Boys. He also employs crocodiles--ironic, because Hook feared and hated crocodiles, particularly the one who bit his hand off--and at one point seems to be torn to pieces by the beasts (though it is a ploy). Both men also have handicaps--Hook has his missing hand replaced by a namesake metal hook, and Sewer King wears one dark glasses lens, suggesting both that is partially visually-impaired and giving the impression of a pirate's eyepatch.
- The Sewer King's use of children as thieves is reminiscent of Fagin from Oliver Twist. His wielding of a staff and the use of children as slaves is also reminiscent of Mr. Bumble from Oliver Twist. However the Sewer King appears far crueler than Fagin or Mr. Bumble.
- Like Summer Gleeson, Harley Quinn and Lock-Up, Sewer King would later be adapted into DC's mainline canon during the 52 storyline.